Randomswirls wrote:1. It's my interview tomorrow and I'm so relieved it's here and almost over I am no longer nervous haha!

2. I found out my grandad is really ill and whilst it's not life threatening he isn't eating etc so it may well become life threatening. I am wondering how much is also being hidden from me because of the interview.

3. It kind of puts everything into perspective that actually the doctorate isn't important and whatever happens tomorrow There is a lot more to my life than psychology even if at times it's hard to see that.

4. I'd planned a very different evening today but instead I've found myself crying in my hotel room so now I need to go out and experience Liverpool

5. Now to decide what to eat!!

Fingers crossed for a swift recovery for your granddad Random, and I hope today goes amazingly well. You can do it! x

Best of luck Random! I was thinking about you today. I hope the wait to find out isn't too excruciating!

1.) The violin soloist I heard the other night was so fantastic that I came home wanting to take up violin. Today I had my cello lesson and remembered why I chose cello instead - it may be cumbersome and the focus of every passenger's baleful gaze when I'm on a train, but it feels like an extension of me and I love it.2.) I can't get the hang of this new piece, though. My hand is trembling with the effort and I keep losing control of the bow, meaning I go very screechy. And the piece is meant to be played almost as loudly as a cello will go. I would feel sorry for the neighbours if their TV wasn't on constantly and they hadn't kept me up until three a.m. having a screaming match, but as it is I'm wondering if I can't use the cello as some sort of aversive behavioural technique to train them to pipe down.3.) I'm feeling excited and energised about my research again, and looking forward to what fieldwork might bring.4.) I'm going to a symposium in Norway in the summer and I'm thinking about spending the weekend there rather than coming straight home. Is anyone familiar with Norway?5.) Time to cook my tea.

"Suppose a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?"
"Suppose it didn't," said Pooh, after careful thought.
Piglet was comforted by this.
- A.A. Milne.

lingua_franca wrote:4.) I'm going to a symposium in Norway in the summer and I'm thinking about spending the weekend there rather than coming straight home. Is anyone familiar with Norway?

I certainly wouldn't say I'm familiar with Norway, but we did a cruise of the fjords a few years ago and it was MAGICAL!! The people are just lovely and the scenery was AYMAYZING!! So, I would say that if you have the chance to stay a few extra days take it!! I very much doubt you will regret it!!

1. First lazy day at home in a long, long while... what have I even been doing?2. Decided to start looking for a new job (due to practical considerations) and flooded with anxiety about it. I hate change and I hate writing applications.3. Been thinking a lot about career recently. There's too much I want to do.4. Need to sort my diet out and up the exercise.5. Loving the weather. Wishing I had a dog to walk or cat to cuddle with.

1.) Geishawife, fjords it is! I love kayaking. I'm a bit nervous about navigating around Norway by myself, which seems a bit odd considering the countries I normally hang out in, but the landscape looks breathtaking.2.) Two weeks until the General Election, a.k.a our opportunity to get the current Sith Lords out of power. To switch fantastical universes for a moment, I keep imagining an epic Lord of the Rings-style battle scene in which an army of unexpected hobbits comes surging down the valley just in time to save the NHS.3.) I notice that the Conservatives haven't published their easy-read manifesto yet and UKIP aren't going to have one. Their policies towards disabled people in a nutshell: we are too indifferent to you to talk to you.4.) My PhD graduation is finally here! I passed in December and didn't really feel anything much, but the excitement has surfaced! Finally I get to wear that squashy velvet pancake hat that was the mainstay of my hope for four years.5.) I keep checking my email to see if any of the highly anticipated replies are here yet. Come on people...

"Suppose a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?"
"Suppose it didn't," said Pooh, after careful thought.
Piglet was comforted by this.
- A.A. Milne.

1. I'm not really sure how to feel about the general election result. Whilst enthralled with Labour's well-deserved comeback, I worry about a coalition with a party that outrightly denies climate change and is overtly anti-LGBT.

2. I've found myself growlingly increasingly more frustrated with the clients and my current case-load. However, recently I have managed to take a step back this week and cool down, which has been nice.

3. Found out I gained a place on an MSc which I'll hopefully be doing alongside working full-time. It'll be difficult but worth it.

4. I've started journaling again after any visits with my therapist- hoping this might help when it comes to writing my application again.

1. procrastinating today as I have a tricky report to write, everyone is out of the house, and I have the whole morning to get on with it.2. Do not know what to make of the election result - all I know is I must stop reading the comments on articles and Facebook posts! So much hate in the world.3. So a tiny party of religious extremists from NI might be the deciding factor in any number of political decisions affecting the whole of the UK??? How can that be right?? Praying that the surge in Labour MPs will counter any extreme decisions.4. I was so happy for a moment with the idea of a hung parliament - it was short lived.5. The weather here in Yorkshire has followed the election closely, woke up to gorgeous sunshine yesterday, by later it was getting unpredictable and a bit showery, this morning its p*****g down.

Report - I have to do this blinking report - get on with it!

From the point of view of mindfulness, as long as you're breathing there's more right with you than wrong with you. Jon Kabat-Zinn

1. I am so glad I had a counselling session today. On Wednesday night I intervened in a stranger's suicide attempt in the middle of the street and since then I've been incredibly sad. Not sure if it's to do with that or a change in the routine of my anti-d's.

2. My line manager is temporarily supervising me while I wait to start with my new clinical supervisor and I love her approach so much I wish she could be my permanent supervisor.

3. Weight gain is driving me bonkers

4. I've left it too late to arrange proper plans for my birthday

5. Stop being so negative... um... I'm starting to really enjoy my job again after a period of intense stress and my colleague said I'm inspiring as I've managed to clear my to-do list several days in a row.

1.) I had a pretty productive day. I'm starting to realise that my expectations for my performance in this postdoc were far too high and to adjust them accordingly. I feel much more relaxed now I know that I don't have to be publishing something every week.2.) I feel physically tired out. I keep waking up multiple times in the early morning and I don't know why.3.) Where is this sun that the weather forecaster promised me>4.) I think I might run a hot bath and sit in there reading my nice new book about decolonization in Senegal. It's a wild night chez Lingua.5.) I went out to buy cooking oil and a scouring brush and I came back carrying a cuddly plush elephant wearing pink ballet slippers. Let's try this again.

"Suppose a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?"
"Suppose it didn't," said Pooh, after careful thought.
Piglet was comforted by this.
- A.A. Milne.